Matt Hardwick vs. Smith & Pledger - Day One (incl. Above & Beyond Big Room Mix) [2003]

Artist(s)
Matt Hardwick, Smith & Pledger, Above & Beyond
Release title
Day One
Label name
Anjunabeats
Release year
2003

sszecret

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Released: 2003
Cat # | Label: ANJ019 | Anjunabeats


Original Mix


Above & Beyond's Big Room Mix



I know people tend to gravitate towards the A&B mix, which I do like. However, I much prefer the original.

There's a bit of confusion re: the release date. Discogs says it's December 2003, the official Anjuna channel and another Discogs entry has it as January 12, 2003.

I think the vinyl might've been Dec. 2003, and the digital Jan. 2004, which would make a lot more sense. Feel free to chime in.
 

Hot Tuna

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I think the vinyl might've been Dec. 2003, and the digital Jan. 2004, which would make a lot more sense. Feel free to chime in.

Digital releases didn't exist back then. Anjuna launched it's own digital store in late 2004, and Beatport launched around the same time.

I remember Anjunabeats (and other labels) release dates being a bit of a lottery, the scheduled dates did sometimes fluctuate by a week or two by the time products hit the shops, presumably due to things like late delivery from the pressing plant.

If you were lucky you might find a white label promo release on sale a month or so before a full Anjuna release. I definitely saw such a copy of Day One in a local independent store.

Somehow I have a 'first original mix' of this on my HD, which is slightly different to the released original. I can upload but give me a couple of days.
 

Hot Tuna

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Re-reading the OP again, I see part of the confusion was the 'January 2003' date. That is 100% wrong, it was definitely released around late 03-early 04.

Here's the alternative original version. It's the same length as the JOC remix, but definitely different. It fades out at the end but doesn't appear to be from a mix compilation.
 
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Exalted

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Ahh.. What a cool track! Especially Above & Beyond remix. It was on my bottom line of Cubase SX sequencer when I produced Evolve - Safe to Dream (Exalted Remix). So basically I licked the arrangement from this track.